Reading Comprehension Test

Submitted By: Tiprada Kaveevorasart (Wawa)

Obesity is a disease that affects more than one-third of the U.S. adult population
(approximately 78.6 million Americans). The number of Americans with obesity has steadily
increased since 1960, a trend that has slowed in recent years but shows no sign of reversing.
Today, 69 percent of U.S. adults are categorized as being affected by obesity or having excess
weight.
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According to the CDC, an estimated 112,000 excess deaths per year are associated with
obesity. Obesity puts individuals at risk for more than 30 chronic health conditions. They
include: type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, gallstones, heart disease, fatty liver
disease, sleep apnea, GERD, stress incontinence, heart failure, degenerative joint disease, birth
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The healthcare costs of American adults with obesity amount to approximately $190
billion per year. Discrimination and mistreatment of person with obesity is widespread and,
sadly, often considered socially acceptable.
Obesity is increasing around the world. High body mass index now ranks with major
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cholesterol, unsafe sex, iron deficiency, smoking, alcohol and unsafe water in total global burden
of disease.
For people with obesity, weight loss based solely on lifestyle changes can be very
difficult to achieve and even more challenging to maintain. Supporting strategies, such as obesity
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the complex nature of the disease, no single drug is likely to fix the epidemic. Additional
research and development, efforts are needed for obesity treatments as there are more than 100
drugs available for related diseases, like hypertension, but only 6 medications approved for the
long-term treatment of obesity.
source: http://www.obesity.org/obesity/resources/facts-about-obesity/what-is-obesity
1. The word widespread in line 12 is closest in meaning to
a. widely
b. popular
c. ruling
d. spread
2. The word discrimination in line 12 is closest in meaning to
a. wrong
b. dividing
c. unfairness
d. stick together
3. The word they in line 7 refers to
a. CDC
b. chronic health condition
c. Obesity
d. obese Americans
4. According to the passage, what is needed for obesity treatment from additional research and
development ?
a. effort
b. spirit
c. inspiration
d. impulsion
5. Which of the following is NOT included in major global health problem?
a. high blood pressure
b. childhood and maternal under-nutrition
c. high cholestero
d. heart disease
6. How many people die from obesity per year?
a. 110,000
b. 113,000
c. 112,000
d. 100,000
7. According to the passage, what can be important tools for effectively treating obesity in some
individuals?
a. Obesity medications
b. BMI Centric
c. Interpersonal
d. lifestyle changes

8. How many medications are approved for long-term treatment of obesity ?

a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8
9. What is the first paragraph mainly discuss?
a. The percentage of people with obesity
b. How obesity affects health
c. Types of obesity
d. How people become obesity
10. What is the last paragraph mainly discuss?

a. The healthcare costs of American

b. How obesity affects health
c. The treatment for obesity
d. The number of Americans with obesity
Reading Comprehension Test
 Reading Comprehension Test
Submitted By: Tiprada Kaveevorasart (Wawa)

Trees in a forest, fish in a river, horseflies on a farm, lemurs in the jungle, reeds in a
pond, worms in the soil all these plants and animals are made of the building blocks we call
cells. Like these examples, many living things consist of vast numbers of cells working in
concert with one another. Other forms of life, however, are made of only a single cell, such as
line 5 the many species of bacteria and protozoa. Cells, whether living on their own or as part of a
multicellular organism, are usually too small to be seen without a light microscope.

Cells share many common features, yet they can look wildly different. In fact, cells have
adapted over billions of years to a wide array of environments and functional roles. Nerve cells,
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rapidly. Closely fitting, brick-shaped plant cells have a rigid outer layer that helps provide the
structural support that trees and other plants require. Long, tapered muscle cells have an intrinsic
stretchiness that allows them to change length within contracting and relaxing biceps.

line 15 Still, as different as these cells are, they all rely on the same basic strategies to keep the
outside out, allow necessary substances in and permit others to leave, maintain their health, and
replicate themselves. In fact, these traits are precisely what make a cell a cell.

Source: http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/what-is-a-cell-14023083

1. The word stretchiness in line 13 is closest in meaning to

a. extend
b. flexible
c. limber
d. split

2. The word precisely in line 17 is closest in meaning to

a. accurately
b. concisely
c. correctly
d. repetitively

3. The word they in line 8 refers to

a. bacterias
b. cells
c. protozoas
d. organisms
4. According to the passage, what are all animals and plants make of?
a. cell
b. organelle
c. tissue
d. bacteria

5. Why do nerve cell have a long and thin shape?

a. to transmit signals slower
b. to transmit signals faster
c. to carry more oxygen
d. to move easier

6. How many years that cell have adapted?

a. over ten years
b. over thousand years
c. over billion year
d. over hundred years

7. What kind of cell that allows biceps to contract and relax?

a. fat cell
b. tapered muscle cells
c. white blood cell
d. nerve cell

8. What kind of cell that helps provide the structural support for plants and trees?
a. phospholipid
b. membrane protein
c. cell wall
d. rigid outer layer

9. What does the first paragraph mainly discuss?

a. definition and types of cell
b. function of cell
c. cell organelles
d. cell structure

10.What does this passage mainly discuss about?

a. roles of cell
b. types of cell
c. the meaning of cell
d. the important of cell